The global set top box (STB) market size is expected to reach $25.45 billion by 2022 according to a report by Grand View Research. Technology proliferation and increasing demand for high-quality picture and sound is anticipated to boost global set top box market growth. Increasing demand for IPTV models in developed regions from North America […]
According to market research by Technavio, the global in-built (on board DVR) set-top boxes market sales will likely surpass 179 million units by 2020. The market size has been calculated based on the revenue generated from unit sales of STBs equipped with DVR technology. “Hybrid STBs are a combination of satellite, cable, and IPTV STBs. […]
Findings from market information source Dell’Oro Group suggest the worldwide Broadband Access market, which includes Cable, DSL, and PON technologies, reached a record level and exceeded $12 billion. “PON revenue grew by 21 per cent to over $6 billion in 2015. Huawei, ZTE, and Alcatel-Lucent all benefitted from strong deployments into China, especially in customer […]
The abrupt weakening of global demand for TV sets, combined with continued LCD capacity expansion, caused an oversupply in the market in the second half of 2015. This shift to oversupply has resulted in extremely steep LCD TV panel price declines, but it has been
Liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer inventory adjustments and continued slowing demand are causing TV and IT display prices to fall, further eroding panel makers’ profitability. TV and IT display shipments in the first quarter of 2016 are expected to decline 8 per cent compared to the same period last year, to register just 196 million […]
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, reports that large-size LCD panel shipments for this January totalled 57.47 million units, down 16.8 per cent from a month ago. Most panel makers posted declining results, but Panasonic LCD and Sharp were able to grow their shipments against market headwinds because they had shorter base periods. “Looking at February, […]
According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in Q4 2015, compared with 7.9 million Swiss Watch shipments. It is the first time ever that smartwatches have outshipped Swiss watches on a global basis. Cliff Raskind, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units […]
Ericsson is to become a global partner in 20th Century Fox’s Innovation Lab, an initiative dedicated to raising and accelerating the bar for next generation content and devices. According to Ericsson, the popularity of video content amongst consumers across the world has never been greater; the Ericsson November 2015 Mobility Report states that by 2021, […]
The worldwide digital media adaptor (i.e., Media streamers, OTT boxes) market is forecast to grow strongly and approach 60 million shipments in 2019, detailed in Futuresource Consulting’s digital media adaptor report. Dominated by a few large brands outside of China, including Apple and Google
CCS Insight’s latest global wearables forecast indicates strong growth over the next five years, with revenue poised to reach $14 billion in 2016. Wrist-worn devices continue to be the trailblazers in the wearables market, with fitness, activity and sports trackers accounting for almost half